Why do naturally talented people frequently fail to reach their potential while other far less gifted individuals go on to achieve amazing things? The secret to outstanding achievement is not talent but a passionate persistence. In other words, grit. MacArthur Genius Award-winning psychologist Angela Duckworth shares fascinating new revelations about who succeeds in life and why.

3 out of 5 stars

Goal, aim, passion. all good do you have grit.

By
Amazon Customer
on
02-02-19

Thinking, Fast and Slow

Written by:
Daniel Kahneman

Narrated by:
Patrick Egan

Length: 20 hrs and 1 min

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
255

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
213

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
212

In Thinking, Fast and Slow, Kahneman takes us on a ground-breaking tour of the mind and explains the two systems that drive the way we think and make choices. One system is fast, intuitive and emotional; the other is slower, more deliberative and more logical. Kahneman exposes the extraordinary capabilities-and also the faults and biases-of fast thinking and reveals the pervasive influence of intuitive impressions on our thoughts and behaviour.

4 out of 5 stars

difficult to hear it on audible

By
arun
on
09-12-18

Never Split the Difference

Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It

Written by:
Chris Voss,
Tahl Raz

Narrated by:
Michael Kramer

Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
185

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
158

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
159

After a stint policing the rough streets of Kansas City, Missouri, Chris Voss joined the FBI, where his career as a kidnapping negotiator brought him face-to-face with bank robbers, gang leaders and terrorists. Never Split the Difference takes you inside his world of high-stakes negotiations, revealing the nine key principles that helped Voss and his colleagues succeed when it mattered the most - when people’s lives were at stake.

5 out of 5 stars

One of the best books I read.

By
Conquer Group
on
09-01-20

How Will You Measure Your Life?

Written by:
Clayton M. Christensen,
James Allworth

Narrated by:
Jeff Woodman

Length: 5 hrs and 28 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
18

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
16

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
16

In 2010 world-renowned innovation expert Clayton M. Christensen gave a powerful speech to the Harvard Business School's graduating class. Drawing upon his business research, he offered a series of guidelines for finding meaning and happiness in life. He used examples from his own experiences to explain how high achievers can all too often fall into traps that lead to unhappiness. Full of inspiration and wisdom, this book will help students, midcareer professionals, and parents alike forge their own paths to fulfillment.

Why We Sleep

The New Science of Sleep and Dreams

Written by:
Matthew Walker

Narrated by:
John Sackville

Length: 13 hrs and 31 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
206

Performance

5 out of 5 stars
176

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
175

Sleep is one of the most important aspects of our life, health and longevity and yet it is increasingly neglected in 21st century society, with devastating consequences: every major disease in the developed world - Alzheimer's, cancer, obesity, diabetes - has very strong causal links to deficient sleep. Until very recently, science had no answer to the question of why we sleep, or what good it served, or why its absence is so damaging to our health. Compared to the other basic drives in life - eating, drinking and reproducing - the purpose of sleep remained elusive.

4 out of 5 stars

My sleep is broken

By
Krishna Chaitanya
on
06-04-20

Talking to Strangers

What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know

Written by:
Malcolm Gladwell

Narrated by:
Malcolm Gladwell

Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4 out of 5 stars
707

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
604

Story

4 out of 5 stars
605

The routine traffic stop that ends in tragedy. The spy who spends years undetected at the highest levels of the Pentagon. The false conviction of Amanda Knox. Why do we so often get other people wrong? Why is it so hard to detect a lie, read a face or judge a stranger's motives? Through a series of encounters and misunderstandings - from history, psychology and infamous legal cases - Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual adventure into the darker side of human nature, where strangers are never simple and misreading them can have disastrous consequences.

5 out of 5 stars

True to it's word

By
Raggi Chakraborty
on
27-10-19

Grit

The Power of Passion and Perseverance

Written by:
Angela Duckworth

Narrated by:
Angela Duckworth

Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
110

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
94

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
94

Why do naturally talented people frequently fail to reach their potential while other far less gifted individuals go on to achieve amazing things? The secret to outstanding achievement is not talent but a passionate persistence. In other words, grit. MacArthur Genius Award-winning psychologist Angela Duckworth shares fascinating new revelations about who succeeds in life and why.

3 out of 5 stars

Goal, aim, passion. all good do you have grit.

By
Amazon Customer
on
02-02-19

Thinking, Fast and Slow

Written by:
Daniel Kahneman

Narrated by:
Patrick Egan

Length: 20 hrs and 1 min

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
255

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
213

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
212

In Thinking, Fast and Slow, Kahneman takes us on a ground-breaking tour of the mind and explains the two systems that drive the way we think and make choices. One system is fast, intuitive and emotional; the other is slower, more deliberative and more logical. Kahneman exposes the extraordinary capabilities-and also the faults and biases-of fast thinking and reveals the pervasive influence of intuitive impressions on our thoughts and behaviour.

4 out of 5 stars

difficult to hear it on audible

By
arun
on
09-12-18

Never Split the Difference

Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It

Written by:
Chris Voss,
Tahl Raz

Narrated by:
Michael Kramer

Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
185

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
158

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
159

After a stint policing the rough streets of Kansas City, Missouri, Chris Voss joined the FBI, where his career as a kidnapping negotiator brought him face-to-face with bank robbers, gang leaders and terrorists. Never Split the Difference takes you inside his world of high-stakes negotiations, revealing the nine key principles that helped Voss and his colleagues succeed when it mattered the most - when people’s lives were at stake.

5 out of 5 stars

One of the best books I read.

By
Conquer Group
on
09-01-20

How Will You Measure Your Life?

Written by:
Clayton M. Christensen,
James Allworth

Narrated by:
Jeff Woodman

Length: 5 hrs and 28 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
18

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
16

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
16

In 2010 world-renowned innovation expert Clayton M. Christensen gave a powerful speech to the Harvard Business School's graduating class. Drawing upon his business research, he offered a series of guidelines for finding meaning and happiness in life. He used examples from his own experiences to explain how high achievers can all too often fall into traps that lead to unhappiness. Full of inspiration and wisdom, this book will help students, midcareer professionals, and parents alike forge their own paths to fulfillment.

Why We Sleep

The New Science of Sleep and Dreams

Written by:
Matthew Walker

Narrated by:
John Sackville

Length: 13 hrs and 31 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
206

Performance

5 out of 5 stars
176

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
175

Sleep is one of the most important aspects of our life, health and longevity and yet it is increasingly neglected in 21st century society, with devastating consequences: every major disease in the developed world - Alzheimer's, cancer, obesity, diabetes - has very strong causal links to deficient sleep. Until very recently, science had no answer to the question of why we sleep, or what good it served, or why its absence is so damaging to our health. Compared to the other basic drives in life - eating, drinking and reproducing - the purpose of sleep remained elusive.

4 out of 5 stars

My sleep is broken

By
Krishna Chaitanya
on
06-04-20

Talking to Strangers

What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know

Written by:
Malcolm Gladwell

Narrated by:
Malcolm Gladwell

Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4 out of 5 stars
707

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
604

Story

4 out of 5 stars
605

The routine traffic stop that ends in tragedy. The spy who spends years undetected at the highest levels of the Pentagon. The false conviction of Amanda Knox. Why do we so often get other people wrong? Why is it so hard to detect a lie, read a face or judge a stranger's motives? Through a series of encounters and misunderstandings - from history, psychology and infamous legal cases - Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual adventure into the darker side of human nature, where strangers are never simple and misreading them can have disastrous consequences.

5 out of 5 stars

True to it's word

By
Raggi Chakraborty
on
27-10-19

Atomic Habits

An Easy and Proven Way to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones

Written by:
James Clear

Narrated by:
James Clear

Length: 5 hrs and 35 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
3,802

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
3,095

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
3,075

A revolutionary system to get one per cent better every day. People think when you want to change your life, you need to think big. But world-renowned habits expert James Clear has discovered another way. He knows that real change comes from the compound effect of hundreds of small decisions – doing two push-ups a day, waking up five minutes early, or holding a single short phone call. He calls them atomic habits.

4 out of 5 stars

Practical take on the habit loop, should be useful as a follow up read to Charles Duhigg’s Power of Habit

By
Prakriti G.
on
23-09-19

What Got You Here Won't Get You There

How Successful People Become Even More Successful

Written by:
Marshall Goldsmith,
Mark Reiter

Narrated by:
Jared Vanderbeck

Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
34

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
24

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
24

Marshall Goldsmith is an expert at helping global leaders overcome their sometimes unconscious annoying habits and attain a higher level of success. His one-on-one coaching comes with a six-figure price tag. But, in this book, you get Marshall's great advice without the hefty fee!

5 out of 5 stars

Must read book

By
Amazon Customer
on
20-01-20

Talk Like TED

The 9 Public Speaking Secrets of the World's Top Minds

Written by:
Carmine Gallo

Narrated by:
Carmine Gallo,
Fred Berman,
Kathleen McInerney

Length: 7 hrs and 42 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
12

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
7

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
7

TED talks have redefined the elements of a successful presentation and become the gold standard for public speaking around the world. TED and associated Tedx conferences are held in more than 130 countries and are being viewed at a rate of 1.5 million times a day. These are presentations that set the world on fire, and the techniques that top TED speakers use are the same ones that will make any presentation more dynamic....

Essentialism

The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

Written by:
Greg McKeown

Narrated by:
Greg McKeown

Length: 6 hrs and 14 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
125

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
95

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
93

Have you ever found yourself struggling with information overload? Have you ever felt both overworked and underutilised? Do you ever feel busy but not productive? If you answered yes to any of these, the way out is to become an essentialist. In
Essentialism, Greg McKeown, CEO of a leadership and strategy agency in Silicon Valley who has run courses at Apple, Google and Facebook, shows you how to achieve what he calls the disciplined pursuit of less.

Most startups fail. But many of those failures are preventable.
The Lean Startup is a new approach being adopted across the globe, changing the way companies are built and new products are launched.

5 out of 5 stars

An eye opener for entrepreneurs

By
Shouvik Banerjee
on
22-02-20

Creativity Inc.

Written by:
Ed Catmull

Narrated by:
Peter Altschuler

Length: 12 hrs and 52 mins

Unabridged

Overall

5 out of 5 stars
42

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
35

Story

5 out of 5 stars
35

As a young man, Ed Catmull had a dream: To make the world’s first computer-animated movie. He nurtured that dream first as a Ph.D. student at the University of Utah, where many computer science pioneers got their start, and then forged an early partnership with George Lucas that led, indirectly, to his founding Pixar with Steve Jobs and John Lasseter in 1986. Nine years later and against all odds, Toy Story was released, changing animation forever.

4 out of 5 stars

Good Insights

By
Sam
on
22-03-19

The Hard Thing About Hard Things

Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers

Written by:
Ben Horowitz

Narrated by:
Kevin Kenerly

Length: 7 hrs and 57 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
139

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
108

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
108

Ben Horowitz offers essential advice on building and running a startup - practical wisdom for managing the toughest problems business school doesn’t cover, based on his popular ben’s blog. While many people talk about how great it is to start a business, very few are honest about how difficult it is to run one. The Hard Thing About Hard Things is invaluable for veteran entrepreneurs as well as those aspiring to their own new ventures, drawing from Horowitz’s personal and often humbling experiences.

4 out of 5 stars

a one time listen

By
Rishabh Surana
on
05-03-20

Dare to Lead

Written by:
Brené Brown

Narrated by:
Brené Brown

Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
18

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
12

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
13

In her number one NYT best sellers, Brené Brown taught us what it means to dare greatly, rise strong and brave the wilderness. Now, based on new research conducted with leaders, change makers and culture shifters, she’s showing us how to put those ideas into practice so we can step up and lead. Leadership is not about titles, status and power over people. Leaders are people who hold themselves accountable for recognising the potential in people and ideas and developing that potential. This is a book for everyone who is ready to choose courage over comfort, make a difference and lead.

5 out of 5 stars

Every leader and upcoming leader must have this

By
Imran
on
10-09-19

The Infinite Game

How Great Businesses Achieve Long-lasting Success

Written by:
Simon Sinek

Narrated by:
Simon Sinek

Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins

Unabridged

Overall

5 out of 5 stars
133

Performance

5 out of 5 stars
113

Story

5 out of 5 stars
111

In The Infinite Game, Sinek applies game theory to explore how great businesses achieve long-lasting success. He finds that building long-term value and healthy, enduring growth - that playing the infinite game - is the only thing that matters to your business.

5 out of 5 stars

An infinite mindset is courage to do what is Right

By
Vivek
on
27-10-19

Measure What Matters

OKRs: The Simple Idea That Drives 10x Growth

Written by:
John Doerr

Narrated by:
Jini Kim,
Susan Wojcicki,
Alex Garden,

Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
135

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
116

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
114

In 1999, legendary venture capitalist John Doerr invested nearly $12 million in a startup that had amazing technology, entrepreneurial energy and sky-high ambitions, but no real business plan. Doerr introduced the founders to OKRs and with them at the foundation of their management, the startup grew from 40 employees to more than 70,000 with a market cap exceeding $600 billion. The startup was Google.

5 out of 5 stars

Excellent

By
Vinod S.
on
20-01-19

Start with Why

How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action (Int'l Edit.)

Written by:
Simon Sinek

Narrated by:
Simon Sinek

Length: 7 hrs and 12 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
453

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
373

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
373

Why are some people and organizations more innovative, more influential, and more profitable than others? Why do some command greater loyalty from customers and employees alike? Even among the successful, why are so few able to repeat their successes over and over? People like Martin Luther King, Jr.; Steve Jobs; and the Wright Brothers might have little in common, but they all started with why. Their natural ability to start with why enabled them to inspire those around them and to achieve remarkable things.

5 out of 5 stars

IT WILL HELP YOU IN GETTING A CLARITY OF YOUR WHY

By
Varnit Jain
on
17-05-20

The Anarchy

The Relentless Rise of the East India Company

Written by:
William Dalrymple

Narrated by:
Sid Sagar

Length: 15 hrs and 43 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
117

Performance

4 out of 5 stars
99

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
100

The Anarchy tells the remarkable story of how one of the world’s most magnificent empires disintegrated and came to be replaced by a dangerously unregulated private company, based thousands of miles overseas in one small office, five windows wide, and answerable only to its distant shareholders. In his most ambitious and riveting audiobook to date, William Dalrymple tells the story of the East India Company as it has never been told before, unfolding a timely cautionary tale of the first global corporate power.

4 out of 5 stars

Terrible performance

By
Saad
on
23-10-19

Publisher's Summary

Several years ago Sam Walker set out to answer one of the most hotly debated questions in sport: what are the greatest teams of all time? He devised a formula and applied it to thousands of teams across the world from the English Premier League to the NFL. When he was done, he had a list of the 16 most dominant teams ever. At that point he became obsessed with another more complex question: what did these freak teams have in common?

As Walker dug more deeply, a pattern emerged: the teams were all driven by a singular type of leader, but not one with the characteristics you might expect. They were unorthodox outliers - awkward and disagreeable, marginally skilled, poor verbal communicators, at times aggressive and rule-breaking, and, rather than pursue fame, they preferred to hide in the shadows both on and off the field. Captains, in short, who will challenge your assumptions of what inspired leadership looks like.

From the captains of world-renowned teams like Barcelona, Brazil, the All Blacks and the New York Yankees to lesser known successes of Soviet ice hockey or French handball, The Captain Class unveils the seven key qualities that make these elite leaders exceptional. Drawing on original interviews with athletes from two dozen countries as well as coaches, managers and others skilled at building teams, Walker attempts to answer questions such as: are great captains made or born? Why do so many teams pick the wrong captains? Why has the value of the captain fallen out of favour, and how can it be revived? The culmination of 10 years' research and a lifetime of sports watching, The Captain Class is like no other sports book and is guaranteed to spark endless debate and heated argument among fans of every sport.

Eye opening on team sporting greatness

I thoroughly enjoyed hearing about the common thread that links the greatest sporting teams. I also liked that Keith Szarabajka attempted the different global accents, some of them were so bad I loved them. It added an extra flavour to what was being told. The captain class told fascinating stories on the people who drove their respective team amongst the 16 greatest teams in the world of sport to the top of their games.

2 people found this helpful

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5 out of 5 stars

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J-P

22-01-20

Superb insight, narration good however mimicked accents detract as they are either poor funny or poor awful

Overall well worth getting, keeping and revisiting. Sam Walker has done a great job with this.

Audio is a good way to experience it, except for Dick Van Dyke style accent mimicking.I found it funny, it could easily annoy some people though.

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2 out of 5 stars

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4 out of 5 stars

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2 out of 5 stars

Lewis

09-11-19

not for me

unfortunately way too focused on sport and not transferrable to business as I thought it would be

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5 out of 5 stars

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4 out of 5 stars

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5 out of 5 stars

Matt Way

16-09-19

Superb

Loved it from start to end with some fascinating ideas put forward and stories told

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5 out of 5 stars

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5 out of 5 stars

Story

5 out of 5 stars

John Sharpe

07-05-19

A Business/Life thesis disguised as a Sports book

An excellent analysis of the behavioural competences associated with highly successful team leadership. Well written, researched and organised. A great listen.

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4 out of 5 stars

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4 out of 5 stars

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4 out of 5 stars

Andy

19-03-19

Easy to get through

Interesting takeaways. Wish author would have specifically stated each leader profile heading into the section instead of listing just once.

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5 out of 5 stars

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5 out of 5 stars

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5 out of 5 stars

Mr Gregory M Swaby

28-08-18

Brilliant!

Wonderfully performed and a brilliantly insightful, this book is so well put together, very thought provoking listen indeed.

Overall

5 out of 5 stars

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5 out of 5 stars

Story

5 out of 5 stars

S K.

13-06-18

A great book

I loved this book. Great stories of great sports teams. I must for anyone interested in sport or leadership. I am happy to recommend it to my friends.

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1 out of 5 stars

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2 out of 5 stars

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Paul

10-02-18

drudgery

generically selected criteria to whittle down achievements from different sports teams on different continents. stats to counter some other stats. joyless drudgery. gave up very early.

1 person found this helpful

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Anonymous User

11-12-17

excellent stuff

loved it, very insightful and very interesting! to hear about different sides of sports stars you think you know about!